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When I first created EZGUI the goal was simply to make writing Windows applications using PowerBasic easier. The Windows (WIN32) API was difficult enough to work with, so something easier was needed. But as I worked on EZGUI something changed over time. It wasn’t enough to simply be able to make programming easier. I wanted to be able to do
Read moreOne of the first things I did when I downloaded the Windows 8 Build Preview was to start testing EZGUI and its feature set with Windows 8. I was happy to find that the WIN32 API is alive and well on Windows 8 (x86 version). I had an EZGUI application I wrote for demonstrating the features of EZGUI 5.0
Read moreThere is an old saying, “jack of all trades , but master of none”. What does that have to do with PowerBasic ? Some programmers prefer to learn as many different programming languages as possible. That may be fine for them, but not for me. I am a BASIC programmer. I started with Basic back in 1975 on a terminal
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